Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Full standing view of a handsome young Yankee officer wearing a single breasted frock coat with shoulder straps, oval sword belt plate with his sword and sash attached to belt. He poses next to a studio chair, and is holding his kepi in one hand. The hat has a gold braided quatrefoil on the top, and a brass infantry horn insignia prominently seen on the front. He stands on a studio rug with drape hanging in the background. Back mark: S. Friedlaender Photographer, 388 Bowery, N.Y. Light age toning, minor wear, and a very tiny chip to the corner of the card mount. Sharp image. Very desirable content of an armed Union Civil War officer taken in the famous Bowery section of New York City.